Every Christmas many Islanders turn their houses into brightly decorated Christmas Wonderlands and this year, VentnorTV wants to show the world the hard work that goes into lighting up the streets of the Wight…

The Quay Arts Learning Curve Gallery is to be transformed in December with ‘WOW FACTOR’ photographs from some fine and talented young photographers…

Over 9,500 registered walkers and up to 2,000 parents and supporters struggled against the elements for this year’s Walk the Wight. And just over £283,000 in sponsorship, was received by September, which is amazing in the current climate. Relive your memories of what was Walk The Wight 2009 by looking at the 2800 Island Pulse Walk the Wight 2009 photos here…

Isle of Wight Council teamed up with The Artemis Even Keel UK Project sited at the UKSA, to give disabled young people a unique opportunity. The ‘Aiming High for Disabled Children’ scheme, allowed members of Newport Youth Centre’s Holiday Club to go sailing during Cowes Week. View photos..

The 2009 Isle of Wight Hockey Festival which took place over the 9th-10th May was a great success with 36 teams and over 400 people visiting the Island. There was sunshine all weekend and the feedback from the event was very impressive. View Photos…

A ‘Lifestyles’ exhibition by 40 local photographers of images from the annual Isle of Wight Photographer of the Year Competition are on display in Freshwater Library, throughout January. The images were taken by the photographers at local events…

The Isle of Wight plays host to nearly one thousand festivals, carnivals, concerts and other events. Select month to view event details for 2009: January: February: March: April: May: June: July: August: September: October: November: December:

The end of 2008 and time to reflect, the good news is we searched through our photo archives and selected our best memories. With regular events Carnivals, Round the Island Race and Cowes Week, not forgetting Royal visits and the 2012 Olympics, the Isle of Wight witnessed history in the making…